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IMS Hopes New Features Draws Larger Grand Prix Audience

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is attempting to "attract a larger audience" for Saturday's IndyCar Grand Prix than in the first three years of the race. The track has added a "new spectator mound at the exit for Turn 4, inviting fans for the first time to camp out on the infield and raising the age for children to attend free from 12 to 15." The road-course race has "generally attracted around 40,000 fans." Attendance and TV ratings last year were "up from 2015, but did not match the numbers set in 2014, the race’s inaugural year" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 5/12).

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